Château de Hames was a castle in Hames-Boucres, Pas-de-Calais, France.
History
editThe castle at Hames consisted of a courtyard, surrounded by four towers with a donjon.[1]
George Neville, Archbishop of York was arrested in 1472 on a charge of treason against Edward IV of England and secretly conveyed to France, where was imprisoned in the castle.[2]
Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley abandoned the castle, with the arrival of a French army led by Francis, Duke of Guise in 1558. The Duke of Guise ordered the destruction of the castle.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b Calton 1852, pp. 154–155.
- ^ Ross 2020, p. 191.
References
edit- Calton, R. B. (1852). Annals and Legends of Calais, with Sketches of émigrés Notabilities and Memoir of Lady Hamilton. London: John Russell Smith. OCLC 474677759.
- Ross, Charles (2020) [1974]. Edward IV. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-32256-1. OCLC 1198930258.
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